Holder for conductors&#39; checks or tickets.



A. B. FITCH. HOLDER EOE GONDUGTORS CHECKS 0E TICKETS.

APPLlGATION FILED AUG.19. 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1918.

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' lcitizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing 'at Ghicago, in'the county of Cook vand. State of Ill1nois,have invented certain news-nd useful Improvements in Holders for .Conduce `tors vGheelrs ,or Tickets, of .which the foltain peculiarities of the construction, novel Q or. more of the holders may be, attached at' tny suitable point on the shade, which shade-v may be mounted in the window framedn lowing is a speciication.l

yThis invention relates to certaln new and usefulimprovements in a holder for ticketsorcheeks', such as are used by railway' com' duetors, to`indicate that they have taken u examined, or pu`nched,1the. regular' railroa or passenger tickets ofpasseugers, andyto show: tothe conductor, lat a` glance, the destina-tion of passengers, and it consistsY in certo provide-l holders ethe above. named general character, which shall bel simple and ,inexpensiyex construction, strong, durable,

etlicient in ogeration, andl so made as to be especiall v a. apted to be secured to the shades o .car windowsiwithin view. and easy reach; of both. conductor and. passengers, yet so. as nottofrtinterferef with the` raising or lowering of theshades, or be--concealed therebyfwhen-theshades are raised. Y

The invention also contemplates provide ingar single piece metallic lholder that may be easily secured to a car-.window shade, as above stated, or if desired, to the -wall of the coach, and-will have clamp-ingl ortionsl ybetween Iwhich the conductor may p ace one yit) or more ticketsor .checks where they willv be firmly held without .danger lit-'being jarred out by the vibration-ot theeoach, or blown1 dut by drafts, or lotherwise acciden` tally 1 dislocated-L Various other ob'ects and advantages of the invention will e -disclosed in theA subjoined description and explanation.

In order tofmenable others .skilled in the art to which the invention pertains to make and use the same I `will now proceed to deV scribe it referring to the accompanying drawing in which` Fi re 1, is a perspective view of a portion of the shade of the car-window showing my improved holder mounted thereon, and illustrating by dotted lines tickets held thereby in about the positions they will oc- Cupy when placed between the clampirig I members of the holder by the. conductor. .Figsy 2,' 1s a vertical sectional view taken onspondin Views o .the drawing.

- Referring now to'Fi s. I to 4 inclusive of the drawing, the re erence numeral 10,'. designates a portion of a cloth shade for carwm ows to the lower portion of'which one the' usual orV an well known way. The holder is made o a single piece of metal, of :any suitable size and form, but .by prefthe drawing. This piece of metal is designated inF ig. 4, as a whole by the reference numeral 11, and is bent on a transverse line. between 'its ends, as at 12, to form an inner or supportingmernber 13, and a sprin or -outer member 14, the upper or free len @which isprovided with a lip 15, curved out- .fwardly from the member 13, as is clearly shown in Fi s. 1, and 2, of the drawing. Illlhile in its lank form the metal piece 11, is provided at about its middle with a trans- :versely disposed slot 16, which is located in inner or supporting member' Like numerals of reference refer to corresparts throughout the dderent.

.erence of substantially the shape show-n in `the lower portion of the member .13, of the i stamped out. of. the

the member 14, with a seriesfofegrojections in trans` 19, which are preferablylerrang verse rows as shown in 'Fi-g. 4, and are produced by indeuting the member 13, on its opposite surface. That portion of the plate \or 'blank 11, forming the member 14, is prollolder. The plate 11, is also provided with. pointed` projections 17, and 18, which are1 plate 11, so thatr their pointed ends will be free to be turned at 1 vided en its eurfeee edjeeent te the member e tions 20, are indicated by dotted 'lines whiley -the projections 19, are shown in full lines.

13, with a series of projections 20, which are also produced by indentations on the opposite slde ofthe member 14. The projections 20, are arranged, a portion in a transverse line and part in a curved line and in such a manner that whenthe piece 11', is bent on the line 12, or thereabout the transverse line of projections 20, will lie along the lower transverse line of the projections 19, on the part 13, while some of the projections 20, of the curved line will be located a slight ldistance below and some above thel upper line ofthe projections 19, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. k3, of the drawing,.'in which the position of the projec- From this view it will be seen that the rojections 20, of the transverse line are a ter- 4nately 'disposed with respect to the projections 19, in the lower line thereof, and that -fthe projections 20, of the curved line are arranged in staggered relation with .respect to the projections 19, in the upper line there` of. By this .arrangement of the projections 19, and 20on the opposing surfaces of the members 13', and 14, itis apparent that when the tickets or checks 21, are placed between the members 13, and 14, they, will be firmly held in posit-ion by reason-of the said projections, and that as the projections on one .f of said members are'- locat'edbetwee'n or in v staggered' relation with the projections on the other member, thetickets or checks will be depressed at such points,.on` accountl of the flexible material of the tickets, so that `they will be securel .held and in such a manner that they wi l not be torn ordisli'gured when withdrawn from the holder.

It will be understood that after the blank 11, shown in Fig. 4, has been formed as above described, the projection `17, on the i member 1.4,l is extended -from said member at substantially .a right angle when its pointed end will vbe adapted to Apass throu h the slot 16, of themernber 13, and that t e .e projectionv 18, will be extended rearwardly '18, of the projection 1.8, lis inward'lydetherefrom at an angle, so that said projection maybe forced through the shade cloth 10, and bent upwardly thereon as is clearly shown in Fig.- 2, of the drawing, in'which ligure it will be-seen 'that the pointedend lected and that the pointed end 17a-,of the projection 17, is likewise deected, which,

` ing strip or sheet 22, -is placed on the outer surface of said shade and will be pierced .by theg projections 17, andl-S, .of the holder as-is .apparent by reference toy Fig. 2, of the By providing the members 13, andv 14,

with projections on'their adjacent surfaces,` l A it is obvious that two tickets can be inserted between said members from opposite sides,.

as shown in Fig. 1, of the drawings, and that either one can be withdrawnwithout disturbing the other ticket, jfor the `projec tions will provideA a more positive gripping t ey were notemf# or holding means than if ployed.

Having what vI claim as new and Letters Patent fis- A holder for tickets and the like consisting of a single piece'of material bent back thus lfully described inventiont desire secure by upon itself to form clamping members, one

of saidl members having near its f'ree` end and integral therewith a pointed projection extended: from its surface in 'a direction-'opsA posite the other clamping member and havmg near its other endI a slot-,the other clamp ing member being slightly resilient and hav`- ing a pointed projection integral therewith and extended` therefromi'and through said slot of the rst named clamping member.v

one of said members having on its inner suri hers'having on y'its inner surface aseries of projections arranged in a transverse and a circular row, thejprojections of the last narned transverse row.; arranged A.in staggered.r relation with one of the first named transfac". a Series 0f f Pricons .arranged lin 1 A-.ransverse rowsand the other of said mem'- versel rows of projections and the curved row e other of 'said-rows.

of projections arranged is'taggered relation with t E. NEwsTRoM.` 

